India, Feb. 16 -- NABH consultants frequently characterize their role as assisting hospitals in moving from practices to organised systems. From processes driven by ease to those marked by order, clarity and uniformity. Gradually accreditation has formalised domains, like medication safety, infection control, medical records management and patient rights. Naturally as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 is being implemented in stages healthcare organisations are starting to experience the onset of a discipline: data governance.

Hospitals have traditionally managed amounts of personal data but their methods have mostly developed in a piecemeal manner with procedures varying across departments. Admission desks use one system diag...